TAKE OFF THE MASK? NOT THESE DAYS!

 One of the memorable scenes in the inimitable review  New Faces of 1952 was the song Take Off the Mask, where, during a masquerade ball, the young man asks the young lady to remove her mask! 

Click the URL below see this performed, immediately after the "Waltzing in Venice" number, about 1:40 minutes into the scene.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80jAlW_SjGo

(Then press < to return to this page!) 

           

The last lines "Take off the mask, that's all that I ask you to do!  Take off the false face and just let me waltz face to face with you!" still resonate for me almost seventy years later!  

And they do so especially today, May 14, 2021,  since the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that fully vaccinated people no longer need masks in most settings!

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/13/cdc-says-fully-vaccinated-people-dont-need-to-wear-face-masks-indoors-or-outdoors-in-most-settings.html

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For more about New Faces of 1952 please visit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Faces_of_1952#Broadway_production     

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KETUBAH OR KVITL?

 Perhaps the small document I was given to demonstrate my immunized status would more accurately be called a "kvitl."  

The word "kvitl," which may be also spelled kvitel, with it's diminutive form "kvitelach," is discussed at: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvitel

This is a small slip of paper, inscribed with a prayer and often blessed by clergy,  that may be carried, left at a grave, or inserted in a gravestone.  

My COVID-19 kvitel is a small document stating when and where I received my COVID-19 immunization, and which product was used.

I carry a copy with me at all times!  

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